Conditions to apply

1. Copernicus data/services based innovative and commercially promising business propositions with international growth potential.2. Maximum 5 years of operational history.3. Legal presence in Europe, Iceland or Norway.4. Preliminary agreement between start-up and incubation support programme (business incubator, accelerator …).

MORE ABOUT COPERNICUS

Copernicus is the European system for monitoring the Earth, coordinated and managed by the European Commission. It consists of a complex set of systems which collect data from multiple sources: earth observation satellites and in situ sensors such as ground stations, airborne sensors and sea-borne sensors. It processes this data and provides users with reliable and up-to-date information through a set of services related to environmental and security issues.

Verhaert Masters in Innovation manages the Copernicus Incubation Programme on behalf of the European Commission (EC). This initiative aims to make meaningful investments in rise and international growth of Copernicus based start-ups in Europe.

Verhaert Masters in Innovation is a leading integrated innovation group helping companies and entrepreneurs to innovate, create new products, businesses and services. The company has a cross-industry approach fuelled by multidisciplinary teams with expertise in design, technologies, engineering and business.